The flamingo's smile
reflections in natural history
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1985 - W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
119,000 words, Guess
Page Count
476 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveflamingossmilere00goul
- Internet Archiveflamingossmilere0000goul
- Internet Archiveflamingossmilere0000goul_j9n6
- ISBN-139780393022285
- ISBN-100393022285
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- Goodreads987816
- LibraryThing68952
- Library of Congress Control Number85004916
- OCLC Control Number11814391
- Better World BooksO6-CXM-709
- Better World Books9780393022285
- Better World BooksO6-ATV-702
- Open LibraryOL3024589M
Classifications
- DDC508
- LCCQH81 .G673 1985
- LCCQH81.G673 1985
Description
"THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE is about history," writes the author in this volume of essays, "...and about what it means to say that life is the product of a contingent past, not the inevitable and predictable result of simple, timeless laws of nature. Quirkiness and meaning are my two not-so-contradictory themes." Flamingos that feed upside down; flowers and snails that change from male to female; the probability that an errant asteroid sounded the death knell of the dinosaurs and ushered in the evolution of mankind...these are only a few of the things that open our eyes to the endless delights of Gould's subject...evolutionary theory.
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